12-28-2008, 04:56 AM
> I've not found Excel 2008 to be faster on my Intel PB than Excel 2004.
PB's don't have Intel chips.
Do you have a PB or do you have a MB?
As far as copy and paste go, how much data are you copying and pasting? What else are you running ? How much free RAM have you got? How much hard drive space have you got?
I have zero lag copying a 20 page document (all text) to the clipboard from Word 2004 or Word 2008 on both my old G4 tower and on my G4 PB.
> Both 2004 and 2008 are subject to quitting in the middle of writing a formula...
What else is crashing/quitting on you? 'Seems like you've got something else -- maybe bad RAM, bad fonts or an Input Manager -- screwing with your Mac. Word 2008 is very stable and up-to-date versions of Word 2004 are rock solid.
PB's don't have Intel chips.
Do you have a PB or do you have a MB?
As far as copy and paste go, how much data are you copying and pasting? What else are you running ? How much free RAM have you got? How much hard drive space have you got?
I have zero lag copying a 20 page document (all text) to the clipboard from Word 2004 or Word 2008 on both my old G4 tower and on my G4 PB.
> Both 2004 and 2008 are subject to quitting in the middle of writing a formula...
What else is crashing/quitting on you? 'Seems like you've got something else -- maybe bad RAM, bad fonts or an Input Manager -- screwing with your Mac. Word 2008 is very stable and up-to-date versions of Word 2004 are rock solid.